Trouble is a Friend

Pernah dengar lagu Lenka yang judulnya Trouble is a friend gak? Saya suka banget ma lagu ini. Alunan lagu yang nyantai dengan suara Lenka yang lembut ditambah lirik yang sederhana. Pokoknya lagu ini keren banget dehh...

Liriknya sangat sederhana bahwa masalah adalah teman walaupun masalah adalah musuh. Namun kita dapat mengubah cara pandang kita agar masalah bukan musuh yang menyeramkan, kita anggap masalah sebagai teman yang mengajarkan untuk kebaikan.

Semua makhluk Tuhan tidak ada yang lepas dari masalah. Mereka semua punya masalah baik kecil bahkan masalah besar sekalipun. Mereka memiliki masalah baik terhadap diri sendiri atau pun terhadap lingkungannya. Kadang saat kita mendapatkan masalah, kita tidak sanggup menahan dan mengendalikan diri hingga menangis sehingga kita berlarut dalam masalah.
Kita mendapat madalah seperti berada dalam kegelapan. Masalah itu ada dalam hati dan akan tetap ada jika kita tidak menyelesaikannya dan akan tetap ada jika kita lari dari masalah. Masalah akan selalu tumbuh dan berkembang. Jadi jangan biarkan masalah menang.

Kita harus mampu menjadikan masalah sebagai teman yang akan mengubah cara pandang kita dan sikap kita agar menjadi lebih baik. Tanpa adanya masalah hidup tidak terasa indah karena tidak ada tantangan. Masalah mengajarjan kita agar menjadi lebih dewasa dalam bertindak dan menanggapi setiap tantangan dan mengajarkan kita agar lebih kuat dalam mengarungi kehidupan.

Dalam kehidupan antara kita dan teman adalah dua kehidupan yang saling mengerti. Selalu saling membantu dan mengarahkan agar menjadi lebih baik. Jika kita dapat menganggap masalah sebagai teman berarti kita dapat menyelesaikan dan bukan menghindarinya. Semakin kita dekati dan semakin kita dekat maka masalah bukan menjadi beban. Namun menjadi bagian dari hidup agar menjadi lebih baik.

Namun bagaimanapun juga kita tetap harus berdoa pada Tuhan untuk tidak bermasalah. Dan jika kita mendapat masalah kita dapat menjadikannya sebagai guru yang mengajarkan kita untuk memaksimalkan potensi yang kita miliki.

"Trouble Is A Friend"

Trouble will find you No matter where you go Oh, oh
No matter if you're fast No matter if you're slow Oh, oh
The eye of the storm wanna cry in the morn Oh, oh
You're fine for a while But you start To lose control

He's there in the dark
He's there in my heart
He waits in the wings
he's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble Is a friend of mine Ahh

Trouble is a friend But trouble is a foe Oh, oh
And no matter What I feed him He always seems to grow Oh, oh
He sees what I see And he knows What I know Oh, oh
So don't forget As you ease On down my road

He's there in the dark
He's there in my heart
He waits in the wings
He's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble Is a friend of mine
So don't be alarmed If he takes you
By the arm I won't let him win
But I'm a sucker for his charm
For his charm Trouble is a friend Yeah Trouble Is a friend of mine Ahh

How I hate the way He makes me feel And how I try To make him leave I try Oh, oh, I try

But he's there in the dark
He's there in my heart
He waits in the wings
He's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble Is a friend of mine
So don't be alarmed If he takes you
By the arm I won't let him win
But I'm a sucker for his charm
For his charm Trouble is a friend Yeah Trouble Is a friend of mine Ahh

Ooh Ahh Ooh

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MATHEMATIC IS BEAUTIFULL IN LIFE

Now I wanna share about Math ... Please enjoy this post. I like math since I studied at elementary school. I do not know why, I think because of my teacher and my parents. They always taught me math every day.

Mathematics related to logic and emotion to solve the problems. Usually mathematics related with numbers and math symbols. Since we were kid, we had been taught math. Such as we were going to say "one, two, three." When we buy something, we pay in certain amount of money. It is the result of mathematical calculations.Mathematics is always around us and it is impossible to hate mathematics.

Many people believe that mathematics is the science that we make so boring. This is because of we can not change our mind set that math is horrific into math is fun. Even if math is a hobby for us in solving problems. Think math is a game, like a detective solve the problems using many tricks and intrigue. In one issue can use variety of methods and different ways of solution, but give the same solution.

Mathematics is the king of science that became the basic of the science. In the opinion of experts that mathematics as a servant of the other sciences. Mathematics is the basic of science. Mathematics has been known for thousands years before century. Mathematical sciences give idea to create somethings. We will not know the computer, phone, robot, mobile phones, etc if we don’t use a math science.

In physics science, using mathematics to calculate the magnitude of a force, to calculate distance of planet to sun, to calculate the electric current strength. In economics and finance we are also using math to calculate profit, loss and the percentage of bank interest. All science uses mathematics as a basic of the other science. No reason that we hated mathematics.

I love math and love very much to math. For me mathematics is an art and beauty. Art plays with numbers and logic. Mathematics is not only to count the number using a calculator, but math is playing game of logic, imagination and emotion. Thank for God, I got study without university entrance test in one of the best universities in Indonesia.

Many things that I have when I learned mathematics. Positive science, and creative thinking, never give up and curiosity to solve problems. For me, I never stop to solve math problem until I get solution using my mind. Because of that I am stubborn girl. Math can make me critical to think but be patient to solve a problem. I will never stop to solve it until I get solution. So it character become my habit in my life.

Sometime some people say, why we must learn mathematic in school, make we are boring with formula. And in our job, we never use that formula. 

But for me, just take a positive thinking for it. Although in our work never use that formula, but we have a critical, creative and good logic to solve a problem because of math.

Mathematical sciences is the most basic science, because

1. When we were three years old must have taught mathematics. For example, when say "one, two, three."

2. We're never can be separated from mathematics. So people say math is basic science.

3. Mathematics is an exact science and no doubt for it.

4. Advanced technology is built of mathematics, such as a computer language that uses figures compiled into a programming language.

5. In a economic, we sell and buy something are using the mathematical sciences.

6. In the competition game had to use math to calculate the point who the winners and who the losers.

7. Mathematics is every thing in our life. No body not use math in their life.

I have a few ways that I use to favor math, may be you can try, such as :

1. I always enjoys with mathematics.

2. Eliminating the assumption that math is horrific.

3. Mathematics is an exact science, so there is no doubt for it.

4. Always enjoy and solve the problem of math and enjoy play math game.

5. Never give up and always try to be able to answer the math problems

7. Discuss to solve math problems with other.

8. Think that numbers is a beautiful painting.

9. Write mathematical formula. For me, I wrote the formula on the sheet and displayed on my bedroom wall.

10. Mathematics is not a boring lesson, but the lesson that makes us curious and be able to solve the problems.

11. Math force us to be dicipline on doing all activity.

12. Math make us to be patient and stubborn.

13. Always think that “I CAN DO IT”.

14. Often make imagination with mathematics.

Math is the beautifull. Mathematical is knowledge that comes from God. Math is an exact science that there is no doubt of it. Do not be afraid in solving problems. Don’t be afraid to make mistake. Because of the mistakes we may know the truth, or force us to do things better.

Sometimes we do not know the truth and we do not get right information to do the right thing. If we do and make mistake, we can see the reaction of the environment, and we can learn what they want. Never stop adding our knowledge, it  doesn’t  get from school, but we can get when we read books. Because book is a silent and faithful teacher.

Take a look:

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

We assume:

1  2  3  4  5  6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

So if we add the:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8 +1 +18 +4 +23 + 15 +18 +11 = 98%

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11 +14 +15 +23 + 12 +5 +4 +7 + 5 = 96%

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E 

1 +20 +20 +9 +20 + 21 +4 +5 = 100%

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D 

12 +15 +22 +5 +15 + 6 +7 +15 +4 = 101%

Love of God is more important in our life.

Lets enjoy with mathematics.

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Breakthrough Thinking

I had written this post in bahasa in 2010. Now I write again in English.

I had Ever read a book that titled "Breakhtrough Thinking" written by four teams (Eko S, Joy K, Anthony WS and Ronni S) from Indonesia. This book is really good. Discussing about the people who think analytically and creatively. In this book also explained that “Being innovative is a choice”. Nothing is wrong between analytically and creatively. Analytical thinking or creative thinking is needed in daily life, especially we have both.

In everyday life, we know that we must be able to recognize our potential and our character, so that we can maximize what we have. Although it is difficult for those who do not recognize themselves. Sometimes I often think that “Who am I, what potential that I have, and what potential that I can develop”. But on the other hand I can recognize my own potential so that I can focus to develop it for further.

In our life, we always have many problem, we never be separated from the problem. Problems can come from our minds that make the problem becomes complicated. Furthermore, the problem based on how we think, determine and respond to that problem. How do we react it, whether we will be dissolved on that problem, or whether we make that problem as a force to be better in the future.

This book describes some of the characteristics being creative thinking, such as

1. Imaginative

2. Curiosity

3. Critical

4. Dare to take risks

5. Sensitive to environmental situations

6. Accept critism from other

7. Able to articulate ideas

8. Generally, unable to work in scheduled

Some characteristics of analytical thinking are:

1. Systematic thinking

2. Discipline

3. Think in a logical

4. Organized

5. Thorough and focus on the details of the problem

6. Awkward

7. Take a long time to decide

In this book show two people name are Cerdi and Cerda. Cerdi has the creative thinking and Cerda has analytic thinking. Cerdi has ideas that appear suddenly while Cerda always analyze the ideas of what is likely to happen, so he looks slower. But neither of them is wrong, if controlled properly. When they did cooperate in preparation of the event, Cerda always required that Cerdi must gave idea on schedule. But Cerdi didn’t do it, because his idea can not appear suddenly.

There is a third person whose innovative thinking, he has an innovation and has vision (visionary). He requires creative ideas and vision to run the analytical. So, He took Cerda and Cerdi to gave their idea. This innovative people can control both, he knows the conditions and circumstances in which the Cerda needed and where the Cerdi needed. He was able to combine the two ideas.

This book tell us that ”Innovative is a Choice.” People who think innovative are more mature than people who think creatively or analytically. According to Mitchell Ditkoff, there are some characteristics of the innovative thinking, such as

1. Curiousity

2. Self Accepting

3. Self motivated

4. Peripatetic

5. Visionar

6. Humorous

7. Takes risk

8. Reflectives

9. Resilient

10. Persevering

I think from what I had read, innovative thinking is a combination of creative thinking and analytical thinking. Combined analytical and creative nature is needed to solve the problem more effective. This book also explains how to find creative ideas and use the tools of problem solving such as SWOT analysis, effectiveness and efficiency analysis, financial impact analysis, and many more.

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THINK OUT OF THE BOX

Well now I wanna share again

Consider this Picture 1, what is the picture that you can see?

Picture 1 

The first thing that you can see is a picture of old man with white-haired and bearded while stroking his chest, don’t you? Now try to look at Picture 2, what picture that you can see?

Picture 2

I can guess, you think that the picture is a face of someone, don’t you? Now try to look Picture 3, what picture that you can see?

Picture 3 

The possibility of the pictures that you can see are two grandparents facing each other. 

Are you sure only that picture that you can see? Can not be explained other images by that picture? Try to look carefully. The first thing you can see is a white-haired grandparents who look at each other. Do not you see there are two men use big hat and sitting against a great pitcher. The right side, man are holding a guitar, and there are a woman standing at the door behind him. For the left side, there is a man who was sitting and holding his hat. Have been you sure for that picture? Let's take a look again.

As shown in the picture above, Picture 1 and Picture 2 is not just a white-bearded old man picture and not just the face painting. But try to see the other side, that the Picture 1, there is a mother who was holding her son and the Picture 2, there is a man playing the saxophone. How great it is, we can see from the other perspective for that picture.

We can conclude that in the picture can be explained more than one meaning. Of course, everything that happens in our lives can be seen from all sides, not just one side but should cover both side or maybe cover more than both sides. We may not judge a thing in a hurry, but we have to find and observe as much as possible all the information.

Thinking like this we know as "Think out of the box". I think that you had heard this. We do not think just in terms of the ordinary, but we must be able to think out of the ordinary and also from unusual thinking to ordinary thinking. Had you heard about Wright brother, they had an impossible idea and even people thought that their idea was crazy. They wanted to make people can fly into the sky like a bird. Of course this is not possible, because humans didn’t have wings and had a heavy body. But who could guess that they had a great idea. Because their idea, we know what is a plane and  we can fly with a plane. This suggests that unusual thinking can produce an extraordinary thing.

As my experience when I was working in a private company in the Human Resources department. Their employees still use the old habits. If we did a unusual for something that is not necessarily generate an error, they will immediately complained because they though it is not fair. They could only see from one side. They couldn’t see from the other side and they couldn’t accept the new things. They couldn,t change old habits, it is related to did not want to change the beliefs and did not want to change the old ways. Whereas the old way far behind and we had to accept the new great ways.

Thinking outside of the box is to think and create unusual ideas to provide answers the challenges. This is in the times today and problems from time to time is not the same. We may not use the same methods to solve it. It's important to try to get out from thinking in the box. People who think in the box is a follower, not creative, and always monotonous in response to a problem.

Think Out Of The Box

So how do we Think Out Of The Box. I get from my experience, from sharing and some references that I have learned, there are many things to do. Among them are

- Focus and confident in what you're doing

- Do not set limits in your mind and dare to do things that challenge

- Do not be afraid to be weird and do not be afraid of the risks

- Conducting discussions, ask questions and seek references as much as possible and learn  from the experience.

- etc

There are many other things that we can do in order to think out of the box. Do not be afraid to be different with others, always think smart and think creatively. Consider the following example.

We know that mathematics is an exact science that everything is determined with certainty. Call it 1 +1 definitely the answer is 2. But we might argue that the answer is not 2, it is 11. It is certainly not wrong and correct if it is sum of the binary. So a new way is not necessarily wrong, and of course we can receive it.

I am writing this blog not only to be shared, but I also have to get used to the thinking outside the box. Because creativity, intelligence and incredible things, perspective and think outside the box is necessary.

"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun." - Mary Lou Cook.

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Berpikir Di Luar Kotak - Think Out Of The Box

Nah sekarang saya mo sharing lagi nih…

Coba perhatikan Gambar 1 di bawah ini, gambar apakah yang dapat Anda lihat?

Gambar 1

Pasti yang pertama Anda lihat adalah gambar bapak tua berambut dan berjenggot warna putih sambil mengelus dadanya. Benar bukan? Nah coba perhatikan Gambar 2 di bawah ini, kira-kira gambar apakah yang Anda lihat?

Gambar 2

Saya bisa tebak, yaitu gambar lukisan wajah orang. Benar bukan? Nah coba Gambar 3 berikut ini, kira-kira gambar apakah yang Anda lihat?

Gambar 3

Kemungkinan gambar yang Anda lihat adalah dua orang kakek dan nenek yang saling berhadapan. Apakah Anda yakin hanya itu yang dapat Anda lihat dari ketiga gambar tersebut? Apakah tidak ada gambar lain yang dapat dijelaskan oleh gambar tersebut? Coba perhatikan Gambar 3 dengan seksama. Pertama yang Anda lihat adalah kakek dan nenek berambut putih yang saling menatap. Coba perhatikan lagi gambarnya. Tidakkah anda melihat ada dua orang bertopi besar sedang duduk bersandar pada sebuah kendi besar. Pria yang duduk di sebelah kanan gambar sambil memegang gitar, dan terlihat dibelakangnya ada seorang wanita yang berdiri di pintu dan sebelah kiri terdapat seorang pria yang sedang duduk sambil memegang topinya. Anda belum yakin, ayo coba lihat lagi.

Dari hal ini, kita simpulkan bahwa dalam satu gambar memiliki lebih dari satu makna. Begitu juga dalam kehidupan bahwa segala hal yang terjadi dalam kehidupan kita dapat dilihat dari berbagai sisi, tidak hanya satu sisi tetapi harus cover both side. Atau mungkin cover more than both side. Kita dalam memberikan penilaian terhadap suatu hal janganlah terburu-buru namun kita harus mencari informasi sebanyak mungkin dan mengamatinya.

Berpikir seperti ini kita kenal dengan nama “Think out of the box”. Pasti Anda sudah sering mendengarnya. Kita diajak berpikir tidak hanya menurut kebiasaan yang ada, namun kita harus bisa melihat dari hal yang biasa dan hal tidak biasa menjadi hal yang biasa. Wright bersaudara memiliki ide yang mustahil dan bahkan orang mungkin beranggapan bahwa idenya adalah ide gila. Ide mereka adalah membuat orang bisa terbang ke angkasa seperti burung. Tentu saja hal ini tidak mungkin terjadi, karena manusia tidak memiliki sayap dan memiliki massa tubuh yang berat. Namun siapa yang menyangka, karena ide dari Wright bersaudara terciptalah pesawat terbang.  Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa berpikir diluar kebiasaan dapat menghasilkan suatu hal yang luar biasa hebatnya.

Think Out Of The Box

Seperti pengalaman saya saat masih bekerja di sebuah perusahaan swasta di departemen HR, dimana karyawan yang masih membiasakan diri terhadap kebiasaan lama. Jika ada perlakuan yang berbeda terhadap sesuatu hal yang belum tentu menghasilkan kesalahan, mereka akan langsung mengkomplain hal tersebut karena dianggap sebagai suatu hal yang tidak wajar. Mereka hanya bisa melihat dari satu sisi, tidak dapat melihat dari sisi lain apalagi menerimanya. Kecendrungan untuk tidak mengubah kebiasaan lama berkaitan dengan keengganan untuk tidak mengubah kepercayaan dan pandangan yang sudah dimiliki manusia. Padahal cara-cara lama mungkin saja sudah jauh tertinggal dan kita harus bisa menerima cara-cara baru yang jauh lebih hebat.

Seperti pada ketiga gambar yang diperlihatkan di atas, Gambar 1 dan Gambar 2 bukan hanya gambar bapak tua berjenggot putih dan bukan hanya lukisan wajah. Namun coba lihat sisi lainnya, bahwa pada gambar pertama ada seorang ibu yang sedang menggendong anaknya dan pada gambar kedua terdapat seorang pria yang sedang bermain saxophone. Sungguh luar biasa bukan jika kita dapat melihat dari sisi pandang lainnya.

Kita berpikir diluar kotak (Think out of the box) maksudnya adalah bagaimana kita berpikir dan menciptakan ide diluar kebiasaan yang ada dan untuk menjawab suatu tantangan yang ada. Hal ini didorong dengan perkembangan zaman semakin maju dan pemasalahan dari waktu ke waktu tidaklah sama, dan tidak mungkin menggunakan cara-cara yang sama dengan yang lama. Sangat penting untuk mencoba keluar dari cara berpikir in the box. Orang yang berpikir in the box hanyalah sebagai pengikut, tidak kreatif dan selalu monoton dalam menanggapi suatu masalah.

Nah bagaimanakah caranya agar kita dapat berpikir Out Of The Box. Menurut pengalaman, sharing dan beberapa referensi yang pernah saya pelajari, ada banyak hal yang dapat dilakukan. Diantaranya adalah

• -         Fokus dan percaya diri terhadap apa yang Anda kerjakan
• -        Jangan membuat batasan-batasan dalam pikiran Anda dan berani mengerjakan hal-hal yang menantang
• -       Jangan takut dianggap aneh dan jangan takut akan resiko
• -        Melakukan diskusi, bertanya dan mencari referensi sebanyak mungkin serta belajar dari pengalaman.

Masih banyak lagi hal lain yang dapat kita lakukan agar berpikir out of the box. Jangan takut untuk berbeda dengan orang lain, selalu berpikir smart dan berpikir kreatif. Coba perhatikan contoh berikut ini. 

Kita tahu bahwa matematika adalah ilmu pasti yang semuanya sudah ditentukan dengan pasti. Sebut saja 1 +1 pasti jawabannya adalah 2. Tapi bisa saja kita menyanggah bahwa jawabannya bukan 2 yaitu 11. Hal ini tentu tidak salah dan benar jika penjumlahan dalam bilangan biner. Untuk itu banyak sisi pandang yang berbeda yang belum tentu salah dan tentu saja dapat kita terima.

Saya menulis blog ini bukan hanya untuk dishare, namun saya juga harus bisa membiasakan diri dalam berpikir di luar kotak. Karena kreatifitas, kecerdasan dan  hal luar biasa dan cara pandang dan berpikir di luar kotak sangatlah diperlukan di era sekarang.

“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” — Mary Lou Cook.

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